Foreman v. General Motors Corp.

• Decision Date: 28 June 1979
• Docket Number: Civ. A. No. 6-70389.
• Citation: 473 F. Supp. 166
• Parties: Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants. Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.
• Court: U.S. District Court — Western District of Michigan

473 F. Supp. 166

Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

Mickie FOREMAN, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, Individually, And on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

Civ. A. No. 6-70389.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 27, 1979.

As Amended June 28, 1979.

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Thomas B. Canaday, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs Mickie Foreman, Cordell Alexander, Victoria Barkley, Halyne King, June King, Beverly Perry, John A. Rhodes, Spurgeon L. Walker, and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

Wendell R. Tucker, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.

Douglas E. Cutler, Richard J. Molloy, and Arnold G. Shulman, Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Motor Co.

Noel C. Crowley, Southfield, Mich., for The Bendix Corp.

Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon by John Corbett O'Meara and Kenneth J. McIntyre, Detroit, Mich., for Allied Chemical Corp. and Bower Roller Bearing Division, Federal Mogul Co.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Lehman, Seward & Cooper by Daniel L. Garan, Detroit, Mich., for Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Allied-Kelite Products Division of The Richardson Co.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone by James E. Tobin, Detroit, Mich., for American Standard Industrial, G. A. F. Corp., Parke-Davis & Co., Rockwell International, Rockwell-Standard Company North American Rockwell and William Usery, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Robert H. Worpell, President, McIntosh Division, Detroit, Mich., for O. L. Anderson Co.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg by Thomas L. Munson, James D. Tracy and Bettye S. Elkins, Detroit, Mich., for Ex-Cell-O Corp., National Gypsum Co., Huron Portland Cement Div., Prestyle Manufacturing Co., Division of Roberts Tube Co., Sealtest Foods Division of Kraftco, Uniroyal Inc. and Standard Tube Co., Division of Michigan Seamless Tube Co.

Dahlberg, Mallender & Gawne by Philip A. Grashaff, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for Brooks & Perkins Inc.

Colombo & Colombo by Louis J. Colombo, Jr., Birmingham, Mich., for The Budd Co.

Gerald E. Granadier, Detroit, Mich., for Copco Steel & Engineering Co.

Clark, Klein, Winter, Parsons & Prewitt by H. William Butler, David M. Hayes and Fred W. Batten, Detroit, Mich., for Con Vel Division—Dana Corp., Ferro Manufacturing Corp. and Massey-Ferguson Inc.

Bassey, Selesko, Couzens & Murphy by David M. Lansky, Southfield, Mich., for H. A. Davidson Box Corp.

Frank S. Perkin, Jr., Troy, Mich., for Fruehauf Corp., Kelsey-Hayes Co.

Oscar H. Feldman, James M. Wienner, Detroit, Mich., for Guardian Corp.

Thomas R. McAskin, Romulus, Mich., for Kelsey-Hayes Co.

Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson by W. Robbert Chandler, Detroit, Mich., for Lear Siegler Inc.

Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon by Lawrence G. Campbell, Detroit, Mich., for McLouth Steel Corp.

Riley & Roumell by George T. Roumell, Jr., John F. Brady, Detroit, Mich., for Michigan Dynamics Division of Ambac Industries Inc.

Charles A. Walker and Robert F. Conte, Taylor, Mich., for Molloy Manufacturing Division Masco Corp.; Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg by Thomas L. Munson, James D. Tracy and Bettye S. Elkins, Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Mark R. Hauser, Southfield, Mich., for Parke-Davis & Co. Freud, Markus, Slavin, Toohey & Galgan by Frank S. Galgan, Troy, Mich., for Prestyle Manufacturing Co., Division of Roberts Tube Co.

Keller, Thoma, Toppin & Schwarze by Thomas L. Fleury, Detroit, Mich., for Putnam United-Greenfield Div. of T R W Inc.

John Corbett O'Meara, Detroit, Mich., for Ready-Power Co., Division of Dyna Technology Inc.

Hertzberg, Jacob & Weingarten by Herbert N. Weingarten, Detroit, Mich., for Reliance Steel Corp., Division of National Industries Inc.

Dyer, Meek, Ruegsegger & Bullard by Lewis M. Slater, Detroit, Mich., for Republic Steel Corp.

Richard G. Gay, Columbus, Ohio, for Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Detroit; John A. MacLeod, Detroit, Mich., Robert M. Draper, Columbus, Ohio, Jon M. Sebaly and Robert J. Brown, c/o Smith & Schancke, Dayton, Ohio, of counsel.

Philip Van Dam, Thomas M. Woods, Asst. U. S. Attys., Detroit, Mich., and Jonathan Waxman, Acting Counsel for Litigation, Beverly J. White, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for William Usery, Secretary, U. S. Dept. of Labor.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., of Mich., Felix E. League and E. J. Setlock, Asst. Attys. Gen., Detroit, Mich., for Keith E. Molin, Director, Michigan Department of Labor and ex officio Michigan Employment Security Commission, S. Martin Taylor, Director, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Frank C. Padzieski, Chairman, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Walter A. Campbell, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Alexander Fuller, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Raymond M. Lyons, Member, Michigan Employment Security Commission, (All of the above Commissioners in their individual capacities, and as representatives of Employers and Unions) Michigan Employment Security Commission, Robert Baker, Director, Bureau of Employment Services, Michigan Employment Security Commission, Thomas H. Massey, Manpower Services Director, Manager of Employment Services Staff subcontracted to CEP, now CETA.

Corporation Counsel, City of Detroit by William B. Beach, Detroit, Mich., for Coleman R. Young, Mayor, City of Detroit, Frank L. Bigham, Director, Manpower Dept. City of Detroit, CETA Director, Manpower Department of the City of Detroit, formerly Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) of the City of Detroit, Leon W. Shearer, formerly CEP Director, now Director of Information, Manpower Department CETA, City of Detroit.

OPINION AND ORDER

THORNTON, District Judge.

The Court has for consideration motions to dismiss by approximately 50 private corporations, as well as by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Director and various Commissioners and employees of the Michigan Employment Security Commission, and the Mayor of the City of Detroit and various officials associated with the City's Concentrated Employment Program or its Manpower Department or CETA program. The Amended Complaint is a 31-page document hereinafter more fully described. As a gentle introduction to its style and contents we set forth below the entitlement and the first few paragraphs:

AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS OF 1866 AND 1871 AND TITLES VI AND VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

1. This action arises under the provisions of Titles VI and VII of the Acts of Congress known as: the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Sections 2000d et seq., and 42 U.S.C. Sections 2000e, as amended (Supp. II, 1972); the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1982; and the Civil Rights Acts of 1871, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983; 42 U.S.C. Section 1985, 42 U.S.C. Section 1986 and 42 U.S.C.; Section 1988. Moreover, this action also arises under Article I Section 2 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and the Michigan Fair Employment Practices provisions of M.C.L.A. Section 423.301.

JURISDICTION

2. The jurisdiction of the Court is invoked pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e-5(f), 28 U.S.C. Sections 1331, 1337, 1343 and 1361; also, 4228 U.S.C. Sections 2201 and 2202.

3. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked to redress deprivation and obtain protection of rights secured by 42 U.S.C. Sections 2000e et seq., providing for injunctive and other relief against discrimination in employment on the basis of race, religion, sex, and national origin; the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution as enforced through 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1982, eradicating badges and vestiges of servitude and providing for the equal rights of all persons in every state and territory within the jurisdiction of the United States; the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as implemented in 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, providing for the redress of deprivation of rights under color of law; in 42 U.S.C. Section 1985, providing for relief from conspiracies to deprive persons of their civil rights, equal protection, privileges and immunities under the laws, and in 42 U.S.C. Section 1986, providing redress for neglect or refusal to prevent or aid in preventing such conspiracies; with 42 U.S.C. Section 1988 assuring appropriate remedial relief; and in 42 U.S.C. 2000d imposing an affirmative duty on federal officials to prohibit discrimination by State and local agencies funded by them.

CLASS ACTION

4. Plaintiffs bring this action on their own behalf and on behalf of other persons similarly situated pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The class which plaintiffs represent is composed of Black and female persons who were enrolled as employment or training applicants by the Concentrated Employment Program (hereinafter "CEP"), an administrative "delivery system", designed to focus job development and employment placement services on the needs of poverty-level disadvantaged unemployed and underemployed residents of inner city communities, called "target areas", and who are now enrollees or might become enrolled with the Manpower Department of the City of Detroit, (hereinafter "CETA"), successor job development, training, and employment placement services to CEPs. While plaintiffs claim to represent only those "poverty-level" disadvantaged within former CEP programs, as well as existing CETAs, or those who might be enrolled, the interests of the entire class within all such national programs are adequately represented by plaintiffs. All of those represented by plaintiffs have been, and continue to be or might be adversely affected by the

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